"Lost in Tokyo" is a movie that touches my soul. I was touched by this kind of emotion, just like the kind of resistance, transcendence and freedom expressed in "Flying Over the Madhouse", "Shawshank's Redemption" and "Brave Heart": Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. (This is a sentence on the poster of "Shawshank's Redemption"). Accompanied by these are the beautiful imagination of future life and the confidence and courage to realize it. Of course, it all comes down to some kind of irrational impulse. This impulse must seem out of place in the world where rationalism is prevalent today, but for individuals, it is often exciting. What I want to say is that among so many movies, "Lost in Tokyo" particularly touched me. He is not naked to show such a grand theme like the above-mentioned movies (I believe that some of the shots shocked many people), each It can be regarded as an epic poem, but this film, so simple and plain, has a French romance, lingering, profound artistic conception, enduring appreciation, enduring taste, and at the same time, it inspires people’s imagination. . After watching the movie, all that is left is, beautiful...
The English name of this movie is Lost in translation, which is confusing (why not called Lost in Tokyo?). In my opinion, Tokyo is just a symbol. We are lost in Tokyo, and we are also lost in any place, pushed to a higher level, and lost in life. Lost in translation one by one in life is mysterious and unexplainable. Of course it makes people sleepy occasionally, but it shows its beauty from time to time. Lost in translation, in the movie, conveys the heart-warming and unspeakable emotions between Charlotte and Bob (the heroes and heroines) (not just limited to love); outside the movie, it seems like I want to reveal you and me. A magical individual is in the absurdity and helplessness of being unable to break free from this unfamiliar world. As ignorant people who advance in life, we often cannot find a direction and have nowhere to go. This topic is to express this feeling of "lost".
As for the subject matter of the movie, this movie made me vaguely see the shadow of two other movies: "Two Lonely Hearts" and "American Beauty". Like the former, this film tells the meeting and acquaintance of two lost people in a city, and then walk out of the confusion and predicament of life together, showing a bright future; and the similarity with the latter lies in it It also reveals a subtle and pure feeling between the hero and heroine, with affection, pity, and the care and concern of the elders for a weak child. Of course, every movie is unique, and such a comparison is obviously meaningless. However, in any case, "Lost in Tokyo" makes me feel closer. It is not like the former, which exudes an atmosphere of depression and melancholy from beginning to end, revealing unforgettable despair, nor does the latter end with consternation and laughter. It is like warm sunlight shining on your body, making people comfortable and inspiring, and like a soft whisper in your ear, which is tactful and beautiful, but does not make people indulge, but constantly reminds oneself to move forward.
Well, it must be admitted that a large part of the reason why I like this movie is due to his heroine Charlotte. how to say? When you are attracted by a movie character, the mood must be complicated. Because he (she) appeared as an actor, and at the same time showed a special temperament in the movie. What you like must be the person whose appearance and temperament are fused together. But what is sad is that every movie is a closed world, and that unique he (she) Beijing shares in it, and disappears with the end of the movie, which is beyond expectation. At the same time, the person with the same appearance in reality is just an actor who is busy for money, fame and fortune, constantly changing his image and temperament to adapt to different movies. You finally find that the person you like has never existed! Specific to this person, Charlotte is played by Scarlett Johansson in the movie. But now her kind of coquettish and spreading news, although it is understandable (the star is naturally like this), it makes people feel disappointed. So, what I like may be Scarlett, who was 19 years old when he was making the movie, or Charlotte, who was just like in the movie and never appeared in reality.
As a high-achieving student who has just graduated from the philosophy department of Yale University, and a wife who has just been married, Charlotte gives people a sense of ambivalence. On one side is her beauty, youth, and tranquility. Her life is full of unknowns and possibilities. On the other side, she is caught in the quagmire of marriage. Life has become plain and lifeless. A young girl actually reveals some kind of "middle". Traces of the "year crisis". He was lost, lost in the unfamiliar Tokyo, the more prosperous the place, the more lonely and hesitated, and lost in the long and elusive journey of life at the same time. She said that she wanted to write, but "what she wrote was always mediocre", and that she had tried photography, but "cannot produce any excellent work." Such shots appear repeatedly in the movie. Charlotte is looking down on the entire Tokyo city from the balcony of the hotel. At this time, we can especially experience a sense of loneliness spontaneously. This is the resonance formed between Charlotte and each of us: The individual is too small for the masses of beings in the world. In this huge social environment, how many people will care about their own life, whether they are proud of the spring breeze, or calm, or poor. However, this kind of loneliness is also beautiful. A touch of melancholy always stems from the yearning for a better future, and it also stems from the purity and tranquility in the heart.
If I had to compare another person to Charlotte, I would think of Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice. Simple, light, and agile, this is a very moving place. But the former is more quiet than the latter. Such a girl exudes a kind of poetry from top to bottom.
The best and most detailed part of the whole movie is the expression of the subtle emotions between Bob and Charlotte. On both sides are people with their own families, unable to make some radical moves. Although the two seem to have a wonderful friendship, the manifestation of this friendship is only a long silent stare, a knowing smile or a shallow kiss. This kind of plain emotion seems to be suppressed under reason, but it does not make people feel uncomfortable or regret it at all. This is the distance that this emotion should be kept, and this is its true beauty.
The director left a little suspense at the last moment of parting, which aroused the appetite of many audiences. Bob walked through the crowd to catch up with Charlotte, patted his shoulder and said "Hey, you!", then hugged him. Bob stroked her golden, soft hair, whispering in her ear. What are you talking about? That must be the hesitation of the past! But in fact, it doesn't matter what it is, because everything can be seen in the tears that overflowed her eyes and the green, deep eyes. For some reason, this separation is inexplicable sadness, because when will we see you again after this separation? Separation means that the dependence between each other has to end; it means that despite the reluctance, they have to face their own life and uncertain future alone, have to become strong, and fight against the difficulties, setbacks, and bitterness of life; have to be in Yuanyuan Flowing, constantly struggling in the extremely long river of life, otherwise you will be submerged in calmness. What is gone is the heart that was once full of joy, longing and beauty; in the end, I had to find myself in the lost. Point out the direction of life for yourself. However, this faint sadness may only happen in an instant, because when Charlotte continues to walk in the crowd, the imperceptible smile on his face clearly gives people the courage to live bravely, awakening a beautiful and precious dream.
"Life is precious, but love is more expensive. If it is for freedom, both can be thrown away." Hungarian poet Fedofi said in his poem "Freedom and Love". Although such words are a bit more intense for people in the modern age, I think that a movie that really touches people's hearts (and the same is true for novels), almost all make people have the above-mentioned feelings. Although the angle may be different, the utopia built by each story is always so fascinating. We want to remember every scene and every moment in the movie, how beautiful it is and how novel it is to me. Even at a certain moment, the inexplicable impulse will make me tired of the life environment that I am already familiar with and can no longer be familiar with, and I am eager to experience more and more unknowns, whether it is sadness or happiness. After watching so many movies, they seemed to tell me a truth together, telling me "this is my life, I must let it be free", tell me "freedom is on the heights"; tell me "life is everywhere in the shackles" , To become an "unswerving runaway". Yu Minhong said it well: "When you have a dream, you are half done" (roughly so). Anyway, one thing is very obvious. I (at least I), as long as I don’t curl up with the familiar one. , It seems to be a warm harbor. Instead of being used to and smoothed out the edges and corners in the rigid life, but to act, walk forward, and jump upwards, then maybe reality will teach me a bitter lesson, telling me to be a good person (ha~) , But I feel from the bottom of my heart that this kind of life is not at all a loss. Countless people would think that such arguments are irrational, but irrationality is also a kind of poetry.
This is the case in life. Although people occasionally get lost in it, they can discover with their heart that the future is really good.
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